The evolutionary potential of the Drosophila sex determination gene network

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-468

  MacCarthy, Thomas ^a   Seymour, Robert ^a   Pomiankowski, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Gene networks; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0242690981     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00282-0     Document Type: Article

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